Kids in 5-14 age group now account for highest rates of Covid infection in Europe: WHO

WHO Europe regional director Dr Hans Kluge said the incidence of COVID-19 was two to three times higher among young children than the average population in some places.

The World Health Organization's office for Europe said Tuesday that children in the 5 to 14 age group now account for the highest rates of reported COVID-19 infection in the region.

WHO Europe regional director Dr Hans Kluge also argued that vaccine mandates should be "an absolute last resort," and said that COVID-19 deaths remain "significantly below previous peaks." But he said that coronavirus cases and deaths have more than doubled in the last two months in the 53-country region stretching to central Asia.